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 Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary (DVD)
Description: Genre: Drama / Sports / Year: 2004 / A chronicle of the life of Korean-born wrestler Rikidozan, who, after being ... more  Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary (DVD) ... barred from Japanese wrestling because of his ethnic origins, became a sensation in the United States in the 1950s.Newest Review: ... suspended by Sumo’s ruling body, though the main reason is said to have been his racial ‘impurity’, and it was definitely the ... more ... reason behind him being cut down to size in a bar by Harold Sakada (Odd Job in James Bond?), who ran a wrestling class.
Discovering a new career possibility Rikidozan goes to Sakada’s school and learns how to wrestle; he becomes a pro wrestler and is instrumental in bringing it to a mainstream audience in Japan and making it the phenomenon it is in in the country today.
Rikidozan is an interesting character, if not a very likeable one. Maybe if you knew who he was it would make a difference but as he is a complet...more |
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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary (DVD): A Heavyweight drama? (550 words)
by Ailran - written on 19.01.06 (Very useful, 132 readings)
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There is something about very large men wearing nappies and slapping each other that does absolutely nothing for me! Fortunately Rikidozan – a Hero Extraordinary, the dramatised story of the eponymous sumo wrestler doesn’t subject us to too much these near naked men. What Rikidozan does show us though is the story, the very, very long story, of Rikidozan, a Korean man who came to Japan in the 40’s to make a career as a sumo wrestler. After suffering an incredible amount of abuse during his training (due to being Korean which made him a lesser person in Japan) he did make it. The chip on his shoulder and his incredible temper almost certainly contributed to ...
